Kidd may rest as Mavs prepare for playoffs

With the Dallas Mavericks hopes for catching the Spurs and likely the Los Angeles Lakers by the end of the season, Coach Rick Carlisle is considering some strategic resting of key players before the playoffs start.

Instead, Carlisle is open to some resting between now and the end of the regular season. It might not be immediate as the return of Peja Stojakovic and Shawn Marion for Thursday’s game against Minnesota will give them their complete rotation for the first time in a month.

“We’ll talk about that internally as time goes on,” Carlisle told ESPN Dallas. “The spacing on the road trip is a little unusual. We have a two-day break between two sets of the games so all of those things factor into those kinds of considerations, and we’ll play it by ear.”